Born in 1935 in Fukui Prefecture. Graduated from Kuwasawa Design School in 1959, and received a Best New Artist Award from the Photographic Society of Japan in the same year. Main exhibitions include “Fuko na wakamono-tachi,” Natural,” “Theater,” and “Fufu no shozo.” His works have been published in photo books such as Ken-san, HIROSHIMA NOW, and Natural, and in the photo-mystery book Sachiel-shi no passport. His broad-ranged activities further include taking charge of photography for Shohei Imamura’s film A Man Vanishes, and directing the movie “Muryoku no ou” (Toei Central Films) among others.